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Welcome to the COALITION!

Scroll below and find out how you can support our conservation work! Together, we will protect surf ecosystems across the globe.

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Take an extra step today and show your support with a donation.

Interested in learning about or joining our Founders Circle? 

Reach out to Nik Strong-Cvetich at nik@savethewaves.org

EXPLORE OUR WORK.

Save The Waves is an international nonprofit that protects surf ecosystems.

We are a network of passionate scientists, athletes, environmentalists and so much more – all who surf, swim, paddle and protect what we love.

Our staff works in coalition with organizations and individuals at a grassroots level on an international scale – enabling local surf breaks to be protected by the communities that cherish them the most. 

RECAP: ISSUES IMPORTANT TO US

SPOTLIGHT: MAKING AN IMPACT

OUR PROTECTED AREA PROGRAMS

WORLD SURFING RESERVES
WSRs preserve surf breaks and their surrounding areas by designating and preserving key environmental, cultural and economic attributes in coastal communities. There are currently 12 World Surfing Reserves in our flagship program.
SURF PROTECTED AREA NETWORKS
The SPANs program is a new approach for marine and coastal conservation that combines the legal protection of ecosystems with sustainable community development. Our work includes in Costa Rica, The Azores, Indonesia and Fiji.

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Empowering surfers and beach lovers to become real-time coastal stewards. See a problem on your coastline? Take a photo, tag a threat, upload.

DEFEND SURF BREAKS UNDER THREAT

PUNTA CONEJO
Oaxaca, Mexico
KATOKU
Amami-Oshima, Japan
THE MALDIVES
Chickens, The Maldives
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